Gare Joyce breaks down the top 50 prospects for the 2011 NHL entry draft, updating our January rankings. This time, there's movement in the top three, but bigger waves are being made near No. 20, where a pair of prospects previously outside our Top 50 have surged into first-round territory.

Gare Joyce breaks down the top 50 prospects for the 2011 NHL entry draft, updating our January rankings. This time, there's movement in the top three, but bigger waves are being made near No. 20, where a pair of prospects previously outside our Top 50 have surged into first-round territory.

Gare Joyce offers his first early look at the top 50 prospects for the 2011 NHL draft. Sean Couturier is No. 1 with 240 days to go, but the case of Adam Larsson -- a top-flight defenseman -- might be the story that defines the Xcel Center proceedings.

Gare Joyce runs down a few guys he saw at the Team USA U-20 evaluations in Lake Placid in the context of the 2011 NHL draft: Adam Clendening looks good, as does Gabriel Landeskog. Victor Rask, of Sweden, is a name to know; opportunity's knocking there.

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. -- Four players eligible for the 2011 NHL entry draft went to Lake Placid (most famous in the hockey world for this moment) for the U.S. under-20 evaluation camp last week. Two of these players -- defenseman Adam Clendening (Bosto...

Gare Joyce was in Lake Placid for the Team USA U-20 evaluation camp recently. Names to know: Adam Clendening (BU) and Brandon Saad (Saginaw), both of whom are eligible for the 2011 NHL draft and both of whom shined bright at evals.

Gare Joyce comes through with a first look at the expected top prospects for the 2011 NHL draft. You probably don't know their names yet, so here are two you do know: Victor Hedman and Jarome Iginla. Yeah, there's serious upside in this group.

Every NHL draft will have a mix of prospect ETAs -- in this year's case, about six or seven kids who were drafted over the weekend should be able to contribute to NHL action next season. There are a few guys -- like Vladimir Tarasenko, for example --...